A new Emmy Noether junior research group led by neuroscientist Martin Bleichner is investigating how we perceive noise. To do this, the researchers want to measure brain signals in everyday life.

Repairing instead of throwing away - teachers, students and researchers came together in mid-March at the University of Oldenburg's lecture theatre centre under this motto. The final conference of the RETIBNE research project took place there.

Six years after it was founded, the human medicine degree programme has its first graduates. One of them is Johannes Grone. He is currently completing his specialist training in Oldenburg. His degree programme has prepared him well for everyday life as a doctor.

How has "fast fashion" changed our relationship to clothing? What are the ecological and social consequences? In her research, cultural scientist and ethnologist Heike Derwanz takes a close look at people and how they deal with clothing.

Can you live on the moon? Physicist Andreas Engel addressed this question in the 100th KinderUni lecture. At the end, it was clear to the children in the packed Audimax: the moon is definitely worth a trip!

The results of a medical procedure do not only depend on the doctors’ skills, but also on the organization of their working environment. Oldenburg University health services researcher Lena Ansmann is examining this factor.

Dopamine, known in humans as the happiness hormone, also has an effect on tiny coral larvae: it encourages them to settle on solid surfaces.

They come from Asia, Africa and Latin America: 23 young higher education managers are currently participating in the advanced training programme UNILEAD – while also getting to know the city and its surroundings.

26 February marks the 50th anniversary of the death of philosopher Karl Jaspers. In this interview, Oldenburg philosopher Matthias Bormuth talks about Jaspers' ideas on the maturity of the individual citizen and the topicality of his ideas.

There is resistance to the EU copyright reform on the internet. Critics fear, among other things, that so-called upload filters will lead to marks. In an interview, legal expert Jürgen Taeger explains the background.

Silicon electrodes could help to increase the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries. Oldenburg chemists have now observed for the first time how wafer-thin films grow on silicon electrodes.

The lives of emperors and kings are extensively documented. However, little is known about the fate of ordinary people. How did a maid live in imperial times, for example? Historian Gunilla Budde is researching this.

The WindLab research laboratory on Küpkersweg is one of this year's winners of the prestigious "German Design Award". "A timelessly modern design that fulfils the requirements of a closely networked scientific working method," was the jury's verdict.

Disposable plastic products are to be banned in the EU from 2021. A step in the right direction, says marine scientist Gabriele Gerlach. But there's more to it than that, she emphasises in the interview.

The German Federal Cartel Office today announced its decision in the proceedings against Facebook. The authority prohibited the company from collecting data outside the social network. Here is an assessment by legal expert Sebastian Louven.

On 6 February 1919, the constituent German National Assembly met for the first time in Weimar. History didact Dietmar von Reeken explains in an interview what role "Germany's first democracy" still plays in history lessons today.

Oldenburg geochemist Katharina Pahnke-May is studying the precise distribution of various metals dissolved in the waters of the world’s oceans. They can serve as markers for ocean currents – and reveal a lot about their origins.

Studying alongside your sports career? This is possible at the University of Oldenburg, in the Bachelor's programme "Business Administration for Competitive Athletes". A degree programme with its own rules.

How is music used politically? Music educator Mario Dunkel deals with this question. Among other things, he is researching West German music diplomacy during the Cold War. In this interview, he talks about the special features of this period.

University Medicine Oldenburg hosted a parliamentary evening in Hanover on 24 January 2019. The response was excellent.